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    Economics Energy Access U.S. Climate
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 21, 2021

    How Climate Action Can Reboot Economies in Rural America

    • U.S. Climate
    • Economics
    • infrastructure
    • renewable energy
    • COP26
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Red tractor tills fields in rural America with windmills in backdrop.
    • U.S. Climate
    • Economics
    • infrastructure
    • renewable energy
    • COP26
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    February 3, 2021

    Energy Access Is Key to Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Recovery

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • renewable energy
    A young South African woman holds up a cloth face mask next to a sewing machine.
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    October 19, 2020

    Clean Energy Can Help Southeast Asia Recover After COVID-19

    • Energy
    • Economics
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Two farmers stand in their field in Thailand, in front of wind turbines.
    • Energy
    • Economics
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

    Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    Economics
    Africa
    Insights
    October 23, 2017

    Africa's Green Growth Opportunity

    • Energy Access
    Farmer couple in Aberdare Mountains in Kenya.
    • Energy Access
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 17, 2017

    Why the Social Cost of Carbon Is Critical for America to Make Sound Policies

    • U.S. Climate
    • carbon pricing
    • U.S. policy
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    Power plant
    • U.S. Climate
    • carbon pricing
    • U.S. policy
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 6, 2017

    America Doesn’t Have to Choose Between the Economy and the Climate

    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    Solar panels at Curtis H. Stanton Energy Cente
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Insights
    February 3, 2016

    Andrew Steer Tells U.S. Lawmakers: Paris Agreement Is a “Big Deal for the World; Good Deal for America”

    • International Climate Action
    • U.S. Climate
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • International Climate Action
    • U.S. Climate
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    Africa
    Insights
    October 5, 2015

    Can Clean Distributed Energy Solutions Close Africa’s Access Gap?

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Economics
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Solar speciality shop in Gulu, Uganda. Photo by James Anderson/Flickr.
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Economics
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Insights
    March 5, 2015

    World’s 15 Countries with the Most People Exposed to River Floods

    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • climate change
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Citizens flee floods in Sri Lanka. Photo by trokilinochchi/Wikimedia Commons.
    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • climate change
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Insights
    February 8, 2013

    Water Risk to Business Is No Small Drip

    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • mapping
    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • mapping
    • Freshwater
    • Economics

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